THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. V TUESDAY,
NOBODY KICKS
ABOUT HIS
Yet It Is One That Every
body Pays Figures to
"Appall Bad Koads Victims
. ' and, Scare Tightwads of
Every Name and Order.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIX.
.Copyright, 1908, by Frederlo J. Haskln.)
. Washington. Nov. lO.-g-A. real entry
into the giant task of learning what
steps - may beat be taken to uplift the
farmers of the United States has been
mad by Professor Liberty Hyde Bailey
and his associates on the president's
r . country Ufa commission. At the outset
, of their: endeavor they have had it
forced upon them that ths crying need
of the rural communities is better high
, Ways.
Following the naming of the commis
sion by 'the president came floods of
unsolicited letters to Washington. From
every section of the United States these
communications poured into the offices
of the commission. It was found that
80 per cent of the writers mentioned the
urgent need it .model highways In the
opening paragraphs of their letters.
Many complained that poor roads were
almost entirely responsible for the lack
- of education among the children of far
mers; that they bred disease; that they
depreciated the value 'of adjacent lands;
In fact, that nearly all of the Ills from
which Airal communities suffered could
be directly traced to the impassable
stretches which in- many sections pass
for soads.
If the farmers had any realization of
the vast . sums of money in which they
are mulcted because ..boggy stretches,
called roads by courtesy, impose' an
injust mud tax upon them, the county
supervisor, who dared vote against a
prospective appropriation for the exten
sion and maintenance of model high
ways would be no safer at a grange pic
Mo than a plump, blonds missionary on
a cannibal island. ,
Saif Billion a Tear for Mud.
Incredible as it majr seem to many,
the actual road tax burden the farmers
are forced to carry upon their already
stooping shoulders is riot less than half
a billion dollars a year, due solely to
the almost criminal condition of . roads.
Carefully established statistics prove
that each ton hauled over tha country
roads of the United States oosts the
man who hauls it It cents more than
the hauling of a ton' costs the farmers
of Europe, whera good roads are ap
. predated and sealously maintained by
far-seeing governments.
Investigations conducted by the office
of public roads of the U hi tod States
department of agriculture, by the indus
trial bureaus of various railroads and
by road associations have established
the fact that the avers; oet of haul
ing per ton faille in America is 2S cents,
while the average cost in Europe's three
- leading oountries England. France and
Germany ranges from the- low cost
of 7 cents over the national routes of
France, to It cents over the worst -roads
of England. In massing statistics, it
.is no more than fair to err on the side
of conservatism. Therefore, it is gen
erous to place the average cost of haul
ing in those countries at 12 cents. If
that point be granted, the loss to the
American farmer must be large. Let us
look, therefore, at one of the crop sea
sons, the year 1905 being the last
for which statistics are obtainable.
4-ures That Provs the Loss.
Reports from the bureau of statistics
of the department of agriculture prove
inn bd,sj.vuu.uuv pounas or larm aroa
ucts, consisting or barley, oorn, oot
ton, flaxseed, hemp, hops, oats, peanuts,
rice, tobacco, wheat and wool were
hauled from farms to shipping points.
That enormous weight did not include
products hauled from farms to mills,
and from mills back to farms. Neither
did It include all of the crops produced;
the noticeable Instances being truck
products and frulta Nor does it com
prise any of the products of forests and
mines, nor the commodities which go
from city to country. Divide that pound
age into tonnage, multiply that tonnage
by It cents, and the figures begin to
prove to ths farmer that he is not a far
sighted business man.
It haa been further settled that the
""' tengin or. nam or ail rarm prod
ucts is 9.4 miles, so that sum may be
again multiplied and the result will be
a loaf of 11.17 for every ton hauled
over our roads. On--the products above
mentioned It totals 158,900,000, but large
as is that sum, it is only a trifling per
centage of the actual waste.
How to Bars 9950,000,000.
The, report of the international cam
mere: commission for the fiscal year
which ended June to, 1906, shows that
ths railroads handled 820,164.627 tons
of freight originating on their respeo
tire roads. Of that, the products of
the mines constituted 3.09 per cent,
and manufactures 14.81 per cent. Ex
clude these from any consideration, on
the theory that mine products and man
ufactures travel by rail' and not by
wagon, and there Is left 12 per cent of
agricultural, forest and miscellaneous
t produce; a maximum Of JfiB.Ofin nnn
tons passing annually over country
roads in wagons.
To simplify mathematics, figure the
average haul at nine miles. . With
nine-mile haul at 26 cents a ton, the
total cost of hauling would be 2696,500,
000. Wiping out the 166,600,000 for
about 16 per cent of the produots which
may ba delivered direct to railroads
from point of origin, and giving no
consideration to the vaat tonnage of ca
nals, barges and steamers first hauled
to wharves in wagons, and there is left
a total of half a pillion dollars as the
annual cost of hauling on country
roads. Were the roads as good as those
of Europe, the saving on that tonnage
would be 22SO.O00.00O.
Every body Fays the Koad Tax.
It is not only the farmer who Is
forced to carry that burden. Everybody
. has to share lt--the city man and the
city woman, as well as the country man
and the country woman. The cost of
the soft-boiled egg that Mrs. De Bullion
has for breakfast at the Bt. Reckless
hotel has its price established prlncl-
?ally because of cost of transporting it
rom hen to hostelry. The cost of the
cream in the breakfast of fee rests not
' uDon the labor of the cow. but ueon the
cost of transporting that cream from
dairy farm to city. The cost of the I
roll rests not upon the baker, but unon '
the charge made for hauling the wheat
rrom western news, nrst to snipping
' point, thence to elevator, thence to mill.
and thence to baker.
. So the cltv man, as well as the coun-
try man, is forced to bear a ahare off
xna unjust ouraen piacea upon mt com
munity, because the roads over which
ail products move art In such shameful
condition that, four horses on an Amerl
: can highway are unable to do one half
the work that one horse will do on a
French highway.
. During the year 1908 tt cost S.8 cents
Ter bushel to carry wheat rrom New
. York to -Liverpool, a distance of 1,100
jjulles. 'It cost the American farmer 1.6
' tmiii more to carrv a bushol of wheat
"i from h's barn nine miles to .the neaj
: eet place by wagon, necause in many m
. stances (he spent a generous portion of
. Ilia iibt; Lcaiing ftdit-v ,ci.a tivm jwdi
V- neighbor s grounds with which to pry
his wagon out of the sloughs and ruts I
with which miles of highways are cut
up. ' . - ' 1
It doesn't take a scientist . with a
buldglng forehead to appreciate the fact
that all - commodities may be hauled
more economically, over- hard, smooth
roads that oVer soft, bad roads, "but it
may Interest many who do haul to learn
the reason why. Tests by eminent engi
neers prove that if a horse can barely
draw a load, on a level road, of iron rails.
It will require li horses to draw that
same load on asphalt; SV4 horses on the
best Belgian block pavement; 7 on good
cobblestone pavement: 13 on bad cob
blestone; 20 on ordinary earth road, and
40 on a sandy road.- The resistance In
pounds per ton can be stated as follows;-
On an earth road, 224 pounds; on
a hard-relied, gravel road, 76 pounds,
and on a hard, smooth macadam road. 46
pounds, the velocity being the ordinary
pace. V, ' .' !.,. .
- Would Save Beasts gad Barness.
; It will thus be seen that- were the
roads improved, much larger loads could
be hauled with much less power, and
that would Involve an enormous reduc
tion In the number of draft animals, or
a large Increase in the number of mar
ketable commodities. Inasmuch as the
draft animals now In use on American
farms comprise 23,509,000 horses and
mules, worth $4,423,697,000. there is no
need for heavy mathematics to prove
that the fanners might save a round
billion in money if they were forced to
buy but one quarter ss many draft ani
mals. The wear and tear on wagons and
harness is also -worthy of considera
tion, for heavy rata and bad roads make
the building of 600.000 farm wagons
necessary each IS months, and the cost
spent on Harness -is so large mat u
would make a yawning chasm even . in
the bank roll of Mr. Rockefeller.,
' v Good Xoads Add to rarm Values.
One more argument In favor of better
roads which the farmer must directly
appreciate:' That Is In the Increased
assessed, valuation of his land. Good
roads Inevitably and Immediately give
greater value to the farming country
which ther traverse. That statement
Is based upon solid figures gained after
moat careful research by the bureau of
the census, by the office of public roads,
by the land and industrial bureaus of
12 trunk line railroads, and by the bu
reau of statlstica of the United States
department of agriculture.
This increase has been variously esti
mated at from $2 to $9 an acre, and In
1600 , there were 838,691,774 " acres of
farm lands. Of that number 414,498,
487 were considered Improved.
- Again, to be conservative, consider
merely that half of all farming coun
try; give to it the very lowest possible
Increase In valuation, 12 per acre, and
the total gain In farm value throurh
better highways would be 8828,996,000.
Add that sum to the $500,000,000 to be
gained through hauling, and the aggre
gate benefit directly to the farmers
would approach a billion and a half.
These are facts, and were the farm
ers far-seeing enough to take their 10,
000.000 ballots in hand and storm the
voting places of the country In the inter
est of better highways, the giving of
mortgages on farm property would In a
short time become an Incident In rural
life; rather than a habit, as It Is today.
PIWE0 CUBED IS TO It DATS,
PAZO OINTMENT ia eiurantMd to ears inr
cm of Itching, Blind.' Bleeding or Protradlng
rum in o id oar or money munaea. ouc.
Wrestling Thursday
SCHOOLS
CAN
SEPARATE RACES
v -a"sssssissBBBsBSissasjpaiMwa .
United States Supreme Court
Holds Negroes Can Be
Barred.
(Catted Press Ieased Wlra.l
Washington; Nov. 10 In deciding ths
ease' of Berea College versus the Stats
of Kentucky favorable to ths state, the
supreme court of the United States yes
terday held that the states of the union
may constitutionally legislate to prevent
the coeducation of the white and black
races. The case was instituted to test
the validity of the state law of 1904
prohibiting white and black children
'from attending the same school. -
xne nigner state court toon ins posi
tion that the white and black races are
naturally antagonistic, and that the
foroed separation of the children of the
two is In ths line of preservation of
peace.
The opinion of the Supreme court was
handed down by Justice) Brewer and sf
flrraed the finding of both the Ken
tucky circuit court and the court of
appeals. Justices Harlan and Day dis
sented. Justice Brewer's opinion dealt entire
ly with corporations as affected by' the
Kentucky state law and did not consider
the question of its applicability to indi
viduals. Proceeding upon the theory
that a state has complete control over
corporations as Its own creations, he
construed ths law of 1904 as in .effect
an amendment to tha charter of Berea
College.
Contestants, Get Anxious. ;
The anxiety of contestants in the
Ellcrs Counting Contest to learn wheth
er they had been successful In winning
one of the valuable prises, has reached
an acute stage. All day long telephone
Inquiries are pouring into Eilers Piano
House, and every mall brings requests
for definite information.
Everything Is being done to hurry the
work as much as possible and from
present indications the winners will be
announce. by Thursday or Friday., of
this week.
fltranerler Smith vs. Ed O'Connell.
for coast championship, at Merrill's hall,
Seventh said Oak streets. Admission 81.
Ringside seats 11.60.
Ferryboat Grounds.
(United Press Leased Wtre.l
San Francisco, Nov. 10. The ferry
boat Bay City, of tha Southern Pacific
railway, had a narrow escape from de
struction on the shore of Verba Buena
Island last night. Tha vessel .has a
broken propeller shaft and will not be
in service for several days. The Bay
City left her slip last night to tie up
on the. Oakland side of the bay. She
reached the vicinity of Terba Buena
Island, when the shaft snapped and she
became helpless and began to drift with
the tide. Fortunately there were no
passengers aboard and the bay was
smooth. A deckhand put off In a row
boat for tue Southern Pacific plets and
the ferryboat Piedmont, was sent to ths
rescue. . . . . j . .
WILD GIRL FLEES
WITH SERPEHTS
Oakland Theatre Loses At
traction Through Thrifty
Couple's Marriage.
Watted Press Leased Wlre.
Oak I an 9, CaL, Nov. 10. The police of
the bay cities are looking for the "Aus
tralian Wild Girl" and a trunk full of
snakes, both of which belonged to the
Gem ' theatre until yesterday. Despite
the fact that this unusual combination
would seem easy to find, no trace of the
missing attractions has been round.
?The wild girl" decided several days
ago to try matrimony. She confided
this to Leo' Osborne, an attache of the
place, and the pair decided to try it
together and were married by a Justice
of the peace. The manager of the show
was pleased witn tne news or the mar
riage. After the- marriage "the wild girl"
did not show up at the theatre and then
the loss of the snakes was discovered.
The police believe that the "wild girl"
haa been turned into a snake charmer
under the management of her husband.
CLIPS MILLIONS
. OFF EXPENSES
Japanese Budget Shows Min
istry's Determination to
Get Off the Toboggan.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Toklo, Nov., 10. The financial depart
ment today announced the budget for
tha next year, aggregating ,8258,560,000.
This means that the curtailment of
funds for military, naval and civil en
terprises is $84,090,000. The reduction
Is In line with the general policy of the
new cabinet, which la making every en
deavor to save money and carry the
nation over the period of financial de
pression. There Is still some objection
to this policy but the conservative ele.
ment strongly supports the govern
ment..
L m c us a o m n r. a.vteet
A KAZB'S 8KBABTH XSOAPB.
Do you know that every time you
have a cough or cold and let it run on
thinking it wlli just cure itself you are
inviting ' pneumonia, consumption or
some other pulmonary trouble? Don't
risk it Put your lungs back in perfect
health and stop that oougli with Bal
lard's Horehound syrup.
-Frioe 26e. 60o and 81,00 per bottle.
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floleproofflosieru
eBwreieni4eysit
MESSRS. A. B. STEINBACH & CO.,
Portland, Oregon.
GENTLEMEN: --We take pleasure In Informing you that, ve have,
appointed you our sole agents for the distribution of men's,
women's, misses and boys' Holeproof Hosiery in Portland Orv
We have taken this step, feeling that through means of your
spendid opportunities and f aoilitles, you will be In a position
to do the line full Justioe and we feel confident that we shall
be splendidly represented in your city.
Hoping that you will avail yourselves of all the means at
your disposal to acquaint the residents of Portland with the
faot that you have been appointed our authorized agents, we
remain with best wishes for your continued success,
Yours very truly,
7 HOLEPROOF HOSIERY COMPANY.
25cJIosiery, 3 pairs for 50c
Your unrestricted choice of any 25cLadies' Stockings
in the: bouse,,: for 19c, 3 pair for 50c. This sale
includes, Lisle, Gauze, Ribbed and Mercerized Hose,
in embroidered, lace, polka dot, white foot, etc., Hernis
dorf, black, new blue, latest tans, pinks, red and fancy
stripe. Exceptional bargains. 19e a pair Crt.
or 3 pairs for OUC
Tii.il BUS XXTB
Children's Reg. 15c Hose
SB 3C Off
3 Pairs 25c
Children's Sanitary Black
Stockings for boys and girls,
fine and medium ribbed, full
seamless, every size from
5i to 9y3. Stockings that
always sell for 15c. Offered
during this sale at OP
9t 3 pairs for )C
1 .. . V
11
Ladles' 35c Gloves for 19c
A. special purchase of- 200 pairs of Ladies' Cashmere
and Cashraerette Gloves, enables us to 6ffer you a full
35c value at the special price of 19c. In all sizes,
blacks or tans, the very glove for cold weather. 1 Q
Regular 35c gloves during this sale at, pair. li7C
Ladies' Turn-over Collars
.''- a. .
Values U 25c
IJU1E Mul
P4
LABOWITCn BROS.
OWE
1 69-1 7 1 -1 73 Third St., fitaf Yamhill
4 for 25c
1000 Ladies' Turn-Over Col
lars, plain and scalloped
edges, made of fine lawns
and . Swisses, heavily em
broidered in scroll, floral
and open work designs; full
25c values at, special, or
iJl
4 for
i TKJB BSB XZTB
Ladies' Waisls at 79c
Regular
$1.2516 $1.75
Here's a waisf bargain.
We offer 50 dozen La
dies' newest Waists, Flan
nelettes, Mercervted Gin
ghams and Poplins, in
stripes, plaids, checks and
polka dots; the very latest
styles and tastefully trim
med, in light, dark-.and,
piedium . colors; Regular
lvalues up-to $175,
' special at A
s OUR PRE-HOLIDAY SALE opened last week. We are simply of
fering special bargains to move goods quickly. WE MUST HAVE
ROOM for our holiday display. To get it, we are pushing forward
the GREATEST VALUES that have ever been offered in Portland.
Make a visit to the BEE HIVE and you will see values waiting FOR
YOU that are not found anywhere in the city. The BEE HIVE
stands for GOOD VALUES always, and during this PRE-HOLIDAY
SALE is giving you the BIGGEST VALUES YOU EVER RE
CEIVED. A Tremendous Value in
Ladies' Silk Costumes
, -Values 'to $30.00 Now
86L85
This feature of our sale should crowd our store. We offer
a special lot of 100 beautifully tailored Princess costumes, made
of fine heavy silks, some plain colors, others stripes; yokes
are square, round and V-shape; many with lace trimmings out
lined with Persian satin; some are jumper effects, others with
long and medium . sleeves to correspond. The skirts cling
gracefully, pleated, gored effects, ideTal styles for street wear.
One look at this splendid lot of dresses will convince you of
their extra fine value, and at such a tremendously
low price of $8.85 they will sell very quickly.
TAB BEB KZTB
Here Are Three Splendid Skirt Bargains
We Slake All Alterations FREE n These Skirts
'Be on hand early tomorrow morning to avail yourself of this splendid skirt-buying opportu
nity. You cannot afford to miss these attractive garments at the prices we offer them.
$7.00 I 58.50 Pan-?Q AO
ama Skirls lor.-. .vd.sfO
rincly Tailored, shapely, skirts of
good, quality H-wqo,I pannrpaj.
gored, pleated, ornamental flouniHs'
,trImmeJ with Skinner's natln ani
.self-materials. 1 Every garment
fcut full -and thoroughly finish 1.
In blacks, blues and browns; all
. slses; sold during this-only
. at . .. . f , , v$3.98
$10 to $15 French $7 rA
Voile Skirts for. vl3U
Bssl rrsnoi Tolls Skirts, tnaV 'n
plaited., gored and sheath model
effects. In deep, fsstv black, strict
ly man-tailored; some trimmed
lth wjds and narrow Skinner
satin bands,, others taffeta silk,
ornamented with lurgs satin but
tons; every' skirt cut largo and
full; all sizes;' worth 110 to $15,
$1150 Cbilfoa Panama Q 7C
Skirls for Only . .vv.l Jl
Strictly Tailor-Mads Bktrts, of fines I
all-wool chiffon Psnams, tn latest navy
blue, golden- brown and deep blacks, :
newest designs of gored, sheath and
plaited effects, trimmed artistically
with silk bands and self-materials;
some' with ,newes buttons-down-front
effect; every garment cut large and full
and never sold for less than f 13.60:
during this sals at ..-..$6.75
Clark's O.NJ.Spool Cotton
7 Spools for 25c
Clark's famous O. N. T. Spool Cotton that sells
everywhere for- 5c per spool, we offer as a special
feature at 7 spools for 25c. You can have black or
white, for hand or machine, an unheard-of OC
bargain during this sale at 7 spools for......iC
tmm m
Genuine Dealberbloom Petticoats
$2.5t Valnes
Now
$1.19
1 r t
B845I
Every woman
knows Heather-
bloom, its excel
lent Quality, can
not be told from
black taffeta in
rustle and ap
pearance, but
wears infinitely
lonarer. We of
fer HEATH EKBLOOM petticoats, with label on each,
band large and full, with 12-inch shirred flounce and
dust ruffle; a value that has never been ex- 1 Q
celled, full $2.50 values, during the sale at 1. 17
Genuine Dy degrade Petticoats
Value to $2,00
Now 979
When HYDEGRADE label is sewed on a garment,
it's a certainty that for material it has no equal.
HYDEGRADE looks like silk but wears better and
longer. We offer HYDEGRADE Petticoats, with
label on each band, every garment made full, some
shirred, others with 12-inch ruffle, embroidered with
deep scalloped edge; also wide dust ruffle. .i A Q7f
good value at $2, during this sale at .......... V I C
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Another Shipment Just Arrived
$30 and $35 ' Ladies' Suits
Special Price of
16.85
These . handsome suits srs
mads of Fancy All-Wool
Mixture Cloths, ths coats
19 inches long, new dtrec
tolre collar, embroidered
with satin tie, nsw patch
pockets and slesvaa trlm'd
with satin buttons and silk
braid, lined throughout with
Bsldlng's guaranteed satin;
the new gored skirt trlm'd
with fancy satin buttons
and braid to match. A ISO
suit for ..... 016.85
Ws also offer a regular $S5
Ladles Bnlt mad of !,
esllsnt quality hard twisted,
fancy worsted, latest fall
shades ojf blue and grs".
lined throughout with Beld
lngs satin, guaranteed for
two seasons; coat. JJ-lnch
latest mannish effect col
lar., trimmed with Skinner's
satin, self-buttons on back,
sleeves and pockets: skirt
extra wlds. full flaring. -with,
fold and pleat down
front, button trimmed; rn
,ular SSI suit at ..$16.fe5